Coulthard hits out at Heidfeld for un-sportsman like behaviour
Red Bull Racing driver David Coulthard has hit out at BMW Sauber F1 Team driver Nick Heidfeld after the Chinese qualifying session. Coulthard was held up by Heidfeld during this flying lap and missed out on Q2.
In the Shanghai paddock, Coulthard said: "I'm extremely disappointed with what Nick Heidfeld did at the end of Q1 on the last out lap. All the cars were bunching up on the second to last corner, as they jostled for position, but Nick suddenly passed me on the inside into the last corner, just as I was about to start my flying lap. It was very unlikely he was going to do a better lap on prime tyres and he was on the dirty side of the track, so he wouldn't have done a faster lap by squeezing through the inside at that point and he came in before the end of that lap anyway!
"He would have known he was in the top ten already, so for me it was very un-sportsman like behaviour, as all he did was screw up my last flying lap - there wasn't any intention of him doing a quicker time."
